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Saturday, 27 August 2011 13:05 |
 
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| Hollywood Star, Naomi Watts, Shines at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week |
| (Saturday 27th August) British-born, Hollywood actress Naomi Watts arrived on Hamilton Island yesterday in order to both attend Audi Hamilton Island Race Week (www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au), one of Australia's premier social and sporting events, and a special celebratory dinner for her becoming Audi's newest ambassador. |
 Other celebrities to have attended this year’s event include novelist Kathy Lette, British supermodel turned designer Gail Elliott, Australian designer Collette Dinnigan, Australian celebrity chef Matt Moran and UK publishing guru Deke Misken who attended with his designer wife Eve, who launched her own new swimwear label Misken Martinez earlier in the week.
Academy Award nominated Naomi Watts stayed at qualia (www.qualia.com.au), Hamilton Island’s exclusive resort, joining the long list of celebrities who have also been guests there.
qualia’s previous celebrity guests include: Oprah Winfrey, supermodel Yasmin le Bon, Dannii Minogue, Gordon Ramsay, actresses Toni Collette and Mischa Barton, designer Donna Karan, model Anja Rubik, Sir Ian Botham, Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May, Formula 1 Grand Prix champion Fernando Alonso and Formula 1 presenter Jake Humphrey.
 In this photo, Naomi is wearing a silver Collette Dinnigan sheath, with make-up by MAC.
NOTE FOR EDITORS:
Naomi Watts is Audi’s newest Ambassador.
• Actress, Naomi Watts, joins Audi as new brand ambassador
• Announcement made at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011
• Audi MD hosts invitation-only dinner on Hamilton Island to welcome Watts
qualia, Hamilton Island, Friday 26 August 2011 - Audi Australia has today announced a brand new partnership with actress, Naomi Watts. The announcement was made by Audi Australia’s managing director, Uwe Hagen, at an invitation-only dinner held on Friday 26 August in Watts‘ honour during Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011.
 The setting for the Audi-hosted dinner was the stunning Long Pavilion at qualia Resort on Hamilton Island. An 8-course menu was created by Vue de monde’s Shannon Bennett. Guests included fellow Audi Ambassadors, Collette Dinnigan, Shannon Bennett and Catriona Rowntree; Suze de Marchi, Gail Elliott and Joe Coffey, Deke and Eve Miskin, Kylie Speer, Kelly Landry and Anthony Bell, and Uwe Hagen, managing director of Audi.
The guest of honour arrived at the event dressed by friend and fellow Audi Ambassador, Collette Dinnigan, wearing a stunning design from Dinnigan’s just-unveiled Resort 2011-12 collection.
Speaking at the dinner, managing director of Audi, Uwe Hagen said the company was delighted to welcome someone of Naomi Watts’ stature to join Audi’s brand ambassador program.
“Naomi fits perfectly with the Audi brand. She’s talented, down to earth and sophisticated and has worked hard to achieve her career success. Her reputation for being a true professional precedes her and the Audi team greatly appreciates her love of our cars!” Mr Hagen said.
“We’re very pleased that Naomi has joined us for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 – the largest and most prestigious event on our sponsorship calendar.”
Watts becomes the German luxury carmaker’s newest brand Ambassador, joining a selected list of successful Australians including Bennett, Dinnigan, Ian Thorpe, Sandra Sully, George Gregan, Matthew Burke, Catriona Rowntree and Matt Moran to name a few.
Audi’s Ambassador program was established in 1998, linking the premium carmaker with successful Australians who shared Audi’s core values of sportiness, progressiveness and sophistication.
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